Improvement in game-boards



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR KLOBASSA, OF VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAME-BOARDS.'

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,664, dated April27, 1875; application filed March 6, 1875.

To all whom #may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR KLOBASSA, of Washington, in the county ofWashington and in the District of Columbia, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Game-Board; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion thereof, referencebeing had to the accompan ying drawings and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in a game apparatus to play a gamecalled the Centenary Game,as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, which is arepresentation of the game-board.

The game-board A may be, made of wood, pasteboard, or other suitablematerial, and, by preference, circular in form. On the face of thegame-board is made a circle, B, which is divided into one hundred parts,and lines a a drawn from said points radially inward toward the center,said lines terminating` at an inner concentric circle, C. In the onehundred spaces b b, formed by the lines a a., are

marked the years from 1776 to and including 1875, each space thusrepresenting one year in the history of the United States. Opposite eachyear thus marked is noted the most important historical event thattranspired during that year, whether the same was fortunate orunfortunate. The fortunate events should be marked with some appropriatecharacter, such as, for instance, bright stars, and the unfortunate oneswith dark stars. On the margin of the game-board, outside the circle B,the rules of the game or other desired information maybe printed orotherwise afxed. Within the inner circle C are the words CentenaryGame;77 also the gures 1b`76,7 and the representation of some publicbuilding or other appropriate design. Immediately outside of the innercircle C, in the spaces b b, are marked any desired figures, tocorrespond with figures on dice or balls used in playing'.

Any numbered balls or dice may be used; but I prefer to use the game-boxhaving balls, patented by me February 16, 1875.

The player throwing a number adjacent to one ofthe fortunate eventsmarked on the gameboard should gain some advantage in the game, whilethe one throwing a number corresponding with an unfortunate event shouldhave to submit to some certain disadvantages.

This game, besides being a recreation and amusement, is instructive, asthe events marked on the game-board are very apt to be indeliblyimpressed upon the memory of the children using the game-board.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The within-described game-board, having upon its face two concentriccircles, B C, with radial lines a a between them, forming one hundredspaces, b b, in which are marked in succession the years from 1776downward, with a notable event for each year marked in the proper space,substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this27th day of February, 1875.

VICTOR KLOBASSA.

Witnesses:

J. M. MASON, G. L. EVERT.

